Resignation Superman

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"Resignation Superman"
Single by Big Head Todd and the Monsters
from the album Beautiful World
Released1997
Recorded1997
Genre Rock
Length4:03
Label Giant Records
Songwriter(s) Todd Park Mohr

"Resignation Superman" is the first track and lead single released from Colorado rock band Big Head Todd & the Monsters' album Beautiful World . Released in 1997, it is the band's fourth song to reach the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Written by frontman Todd Park Mohr, the lyrics appear to deal with a hero who, having "turned his cape in," decides to forsake the world and all of its troubles in order to settle down and live his own life. A music video was made, which features the band performing the song in an open field interspersed with scenes of a football game.

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